Locking device



March 4,192.4; 1,485,388

., G. M. GOLDSMITH ET AL l LOCKING DEVICE Filed June` 30. 1921 Efgj. i5

l @4 5m I ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

UNIT-ED STATES GUSTAVE M. GOLDSMITH AND CARL P. BARTELS, F, HAMILTON, OHIO, .ASSGNOVRSV-T0 n PATENT FF-rca."-

'rn'n Mosman SAFEv COMPANY, or HAMILTON, omo, n oonronn'roit onfnnwyonx.

" LOCKING DEVICE.

Application led .Tune 30, 1921. Seriall No. VIMBLLHIL.`

To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known thatwe, GUSTA-vn M.' GonnsMI'rHandV CARL P. BARTELs citizens ofthe United states, residing at HamntO-n, Bauer County, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking Devices, of which the following isa specifica-V tion.

The present invention relates toplocking lo devices and more particularly relates to a lock which is particularly well suited for application to safety depositboxes, although` the lock is in no wise limited in its application to lock boXes and is suited for broad application. Y Many locks are so arranged and so mounted that ,it is possible to strip them from the door or other member upon which they are mounted L by pounding inwardly upon the key tube from the outside, and when the lock is so removed, its bolt will, in consequence, be removed from its locking position in its socket, and the door may then be opened without further interference from the bolt or lock. It is one of the obj ectsof our invention to provide alock having one or more bolts so arrangedA that when` the main part of the lock is stripped-from the door or other element upon which it is mounted, so as to fall therefrom, the boltbars or parts thereof will nevertheless be maintained in looking position in their sockets and will prevent the door from being opened. In otherv words, our invention comprises theprovision of a lock so constructed and arranged that when mounted in a'box and looked access may not be had to the interior of a boX asa result-of strippin ythe-main portion of the lock therefrom. further-object of our invention is ed that when the main partof the lock is stripped from the door or other element g upon which it is mounted, the bolt or a part thereof will not only be maintained in locking position in its sockets, but will also move automatically into a position which makes it diiiicult to tamper with the bolt by-means of a wire or. instrument inserted through the hole providedin the door for the key seat of o the'lock. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part'pointed outfhereinafter.

In accordance withVv our invention we providea lock having a slidable bolt. YThe bolt is normally adapted to be slidinto or-out ofv locking position in the usual manner by operating a key, vbut differs `vfromtheusual onepi'ece bolt construction in that the'barfoonsists of two pieces, arranged end to endyandi is so connected that normally the bolt maybe slid back and forth by operating 'the key, but, when the main part of the lockismove'di inwardly of adooror other'element '.on,

whichv it ismounted, the two parts -ofy the* bolt will separate, and the outer partV ofthe* bolt which is in itsvsocket will remain therein and still functionl and keep the desired'elements locked together. The outer portionof the bolt is preferably provided with a slot through which is mounted a bolt or *screw*l engaglngthe door or other element on which`- the lock is mounted, the screw havinga head larger than the width of the slot, thus permitting thedesired slidingmovement of the f bolt into locked or unlockedv position and also vcooperating to maintain the .bolt in locking position should the main part of the..

.lock be remo-ved. The connection between the two parts ofthe bolt may comprise a .pin carried at oneeridon one of the parts at'one end and adapted to engage within a perforation in thefother partat its adjacent vend. These abutting. ends may be properlyA rabbeted. Theouter end of the bolt, when the main part ofthe lock'is removed, may be arranged to lswing about the. bolt` or screw extending through the slot therein so as to engage suitable stops, which will aid in maintaining that part of the bolt in locking position, or this end of-the'borltfmay be provided `With a projection which-is adaptedto become seated in thesocketiwhen this part swings about the bolt. Obviously, our invention may be applied to many types of-lo'cks and may be adapted to many uses. to provide a bolt so arranged andconstruct- In order -that a clearer understanding of our invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanyingV drawings lillustrating certain embodiments of our 1nto the construction disclosed and claimed in our application for improvements in Lock Box, Serial Number 472,501, tiled May 25, 1921. 1n said application we have described, and in the drawings submitted herewith we have illustrated, a safety deposit lock box which comprises top wall 1, bottom wall 2, side walls 3 and 4 respectively, door 5, hinged in the usual manner, as at 6, to one side 3 of the box, and a lock 7 secured to the rear of the door by means of bolts 8. The key tubes of the lock are shown at 10 and an abutment plate 13 which is shown to comprise the front face of a drawer in the box is shown secured to the side walls 14 and 15, and to the bottom 16 of the drawer by spot-welding or other suitable means. To the inside of wall 3 of the box is firmly secured a plate 2O having a rigid shoulder portion 21 adapted to abut against the rear face of plate 13 along its edge which is near side 3 of the box. Rigid member 22, similar to member 20, is secured interiorly of the wall 4 of the box, and has a similar shoulder or abutment 23 adapted to abut against the rear face of plate 13 along its edge which is near the wall 4. When it is attempted to strip the lock 7 away from the door 5 by pounding or applying pressure tothe key tubes 10` the lock 7 wiii be forced against the rigid plate 13 which in turn is held against inward movement by the shoulders 21 and 23 of the side pieces 2O and 22, thus preventing the lock 7 from being stripped from the door 5 in consequence of the pounding. I

In the construction so far described, when the door of the box is opened in the regular manner, the drawer therein is free to be pulled out. A lock 24, which embodies our present invention, is shown to be mounted on the rear face of the plate 13 and is adapted to lock the drawer in the box, so that even after the door of the box has been opened in the regular manner, the lock which is mounted on the drawer must be operated in the regular manner before the drawer may be pulled out. Loek 24, except :tor its bolt, may be of any one of several usual types which slide the bolt, and may be secured to the inside of the plate 13 in any usual manner, as by means ot screws 25, with its key tube 26 extending through a perforation in the plate 13. As shown, the lock 24 is of the type wherein one key operates two oppositely disposed bolts simultaneously to slide the same into and out of locking position. Instead of each of these bolts being in one piece, as is usual, each bolt consists of two parts, 27 and 28 respectively, placed end to end, and severably connected, as by means of a pin 30 on one of these pieces, such as piece 27, which pin is movably 'seated in a perforation 31 in the abutting piece 28. It' desired, pin 3() and perforation 31 may be provided on end portions which are reduced as at 29. The outer severed piece 28 of each bolt is provided with a slot 32 and a screw or bolt 33- is fastened on the plate 13 so as to extend through this slot 32, the screw 33 having a head wider than the width of slot 32. So long as the two pieces ot the bolts are connected together, their outer portions 28 are moved by the ordinary operation of the key into and out ot locking position, one piece 28 moving into and out of locking engagement behind the shoulder 21 of piece 20 as shown at 34, and the oppositely disposed bolt piece 28 moving into and ont of locking engagement behind the shoulder 23 of the piece 22 as shown at 35. The rabbeted portions 29 ot the two pieces 27 and 28 ofk each bolt bar, and the pin connection therebetween, is such that when the main part or' the lock 24, including bolt sections 27 are moved inwardly of the plate 13, the outer pieces 28 of the bolts will remain mounted on plate 13, being held thereon by screws 33. rEhe portion of each of the pieces 28 which is inwardly ot the screw 33 is heavier than the portion on the other vside of screw 33, and when it is treed from boit section 27 piece 28 will pivot about the bolt 33. In order to maintain the outer end of this bolt portion in locking engagement behind the shoulders 21 or 23 when it is treed from bolt section 27 suitable stopping members may be provided which are adapted to be engaged by and to hold the inner end of these bolt portions 28, preventing the same from sliding or falling out of locking engagement behind the shoulders 21 or 23. These stops may comprise pins 36 suitably positioned on the inner :tace of plate 13. One possible modification in the construction of the bolts is illustrated in Fig. 3. In this construction the outer portions 28 of the bolt bars have a portion 37 which is adapted to be slid into and out of locking engagement behind shoulders 21 and 23 in the regular operation of the lock, and havel another portion 38 which wili become seated behind the shoulders 21 and 23 whenever these outer bolt portions 28 have turned about the pivots 33, ask when the lock has been removed from the door and portions 28 are free of portions 27. In Fig. 3 the dotted lines indicate the second position of the projection 38 and the outer portion 28 of a bolt bar.

It will be apparent that the lock and bolting means described are such that the box or drawer or other element which is locked thereby may not be opened even though the main part of the lock is stripped from its mounting, and that the portions 28 of the bolts may be so arranged and designed that whenever the main part of the lock is displaced they will automatically move away from the key tube perforation in plate 13 and into a position where they may not be easily reached .or tampered with to effect their adjustment into unlocking position. The lock disclosed is not limited to use in connection with safety deposit lock boxes but may be adapted to many different uses. Also, instead of arranging the bolts to abut behind shoulder members 21 and 23 separate sockets may be supplied for the bolts. It is obvious that many other changes may be made in the above described construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention may be made without departing from the scope thereof, and it is, therefore, intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What we claim is:

l. In a device of the character described, in combination, a drawer, a locking element slidably and pivotally mounted on said drawer, means comprising a lock having a slidable bolt-part severably connected to said element for sliding said element into and out of locking position, said element being arranged to pivot when said connection is severed, and means comprising stops on said drawer positioned to engage said element when it pivots, for maintaining said element in locking position.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination, a drawer and a lock mounted thereon having a locking element slidably and pivotally mounted on said drawer, and means including a severable operative connection between a main part of said lock and said locking element whereby said lock and having a bolt comprising two pieces severably connected, one of said pieces being slidably and pivotally mounted on the rear side of said plate and maintained by the other bolt piece in one position for sliding movement thereby into and out of locking position, and also being arranged to pivot on said plate into another locking position whenever theA connection between said two bolt pieces is severed.

This specification signed and witnessed this 27th day of June, 1921.

GUSTAVE M. GOLDSMITI-I. CARL P. BARTELS. Witnesses:

F. E. LACY,

H. REIFF. y 

